I'm picking up my friend at the gym. As she exits, she is chatting with another patron and said jokingly, "Are you out of your cotton-picking mind?" I took her to her house and went in for coffee with her husband. Her phone rang, and she turned purple and began cursing. Once she calmed down, we asked her what happened. She said that the manager of the gym had called, and one of their black employees had overheard her using a "racial term" and was offended. Once she calmed down, she cancelled her membership. How far are these idiots going to push?
June 19, 2026, 07:01 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by Fredward: How far are these idiots going to push?
As far as we let them.
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June 20, 2026, 01:42 AM
Delta-3
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Originally posted by Gustofer:
quote:
Originally posted by Fredward: How far are these idiots going to push?
As far as we let them.
Exactly
Rom 13:4 If you do evil, be afraid. For he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
June 20, 2026, 01:44 AM
sigmonkey
Cancel stupid.
She done good.
You are blessed to have such a friend.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא עוד
June 20, 2026, 08:12 AM
selogic
I wonder what the Manager wanted from her ? An apology ? Reparations ?
June 20, 2026, 08:22 AM
downeastnc1
Aren't you going to miss not sharing the bathroom with men?
June 27, 2026, 08:16 AM
Graniteguy
What will she do without all the free pizza and donuts ?
June 27, 2026, 02:26 PM
Orguss
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Originally posted by downeastnc1: Aren't you going to miss not sharing the bathroom with men?
Rob Schneider commented on the ridiculousness of Planet Fitness’s noise policy while also allowing men in women’s restrooms.
I’m just surprised the OP’s friend was able to cancel her membership. I’ve heard it’s damned near impossible to cancel from Planet Fitness.
"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"
June 27, 2026, 02:41 PM
armored
I'm curious as to what a "racial term" is defined as.
June 27, 2026, 05:49 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by armored: I'm curious as to what a "racial term" is defined as.
What ever term d’jour offends a non-white person today.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
June 27, 2026, 06:36 PM
Fredward
Apparently only black people ever picked cotton. Except for Roy Clark's family, but HE never picked cotton. But his mother did.....
July 25, 2026, 09:13 PM
12131
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”Are you out of your cotton-picking mind?"
Interesting expression. Is it common? Hear “Are you out of your fucking mind?" all the time, but can’t say I’ve ever heard of “cotton-picking”.
Q
July 25, 2026, 09:17 PM
vthoky
Common around here, yes.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around. — — — — — — — — — — — — God bless America.
July 26, 2026, 10:12 AM
V-Tail
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Originally posted by Orguss:
I’m just surprised the OP’s friend was able to cancel her membership. I’ve heard it’s damned near impossible to cancel from Planet Fitness.
I had heard that too. At the time that I joined, they drafted membership fees from a checking account, so I opened a separate account and only kept the minimum that Planet Fitness could draw. When I told Planet Fitness that I wanted to cancel membership, I closed the checking account.
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July 26, 2026, 01:26 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by 12131: Interesting expression. Is it common? Hear “Are you out of your fucking mind?" all the time, but can’t say I’ve ever heard of “cotton-picking”.
Used to be very common in the 40s and 50s, I remember people using the phrase and hearing it on TV in the 60s-70s as well. I've heard it countless times in movies and TV like Leave It To Beaver, I Love Lucy, Hazel, etc., and especially this character-
And has been used in recent times as well, even though nowadays, I'm sure there will be some blowback, depending on region.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
August 05, 2026, 01:11 PM
Fredward
Chase is very good about cancelling automatic payments. I asked her and she said she notified the bank and the payments stopped right away.
August 06, 2026, 08:32 AM
Glynn863
Imagine the furor if she had said "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle."
August 06, 2026, 08:43 AM
Graniteguy
Pf is now the subject of multiple securities fraud suits in NH.
